TABLE 2.

Country Rankings on Vasectomy Prevalence and Adjusted Rankings on Gender Inequality Index in the 21 Countries With the World’s Highest Vasectomy Prevalence

CountrySurvey YearVasectomy Prevalence,a%Tubectomy Prevalence,a%M:F Ratio of PM PrevalenceaRanking on Vasectomy PrevalenceaUN Country Ranking on GII, Adjustedb
South Korea200916.85.92.80:115
Australia201614.05.12.70:128
Bhutan201012.67.11.80:1338
United States201911.319.00.60:1412
New Zealand201510.15.31.90:1510
United Kingdom20129.85.91.70:169
Belgium20108.48.41.00:173
Canada20067.47.01.10:187
Spain20186.22.22.80:196
Netherlands20136.03.02.00:1102
Taiwan20165.813.40.40:111__c
Costa Rica20185.221.90.20:11217
Brazil20134.221.40.20:11331
Colombia20163.635.00.10:11434
Nepal20193.512.90.30:11551
Iran20112.814.20.20:11654
Mexico20182.337.10.06:11724
China20171.418.30.08:11811
Sweden20171.11.40.80:1191
Qatar20121.10.81.40:11913
France20080.83.80.20:1214
  • Abbreviation: GII, Gender Inequality Index; M:F, male-to-female; MWRA, married or in-union women of reproductive age; PM, permanent method; UN, United Nations.

  • a Prevalence data are for women married or in union (MWRA).

  • b UN country rankings on GII are adjusted by authors, based on a subset of 91 countries that met study selection criteria of: (a) at least 1 million women of reproductive age and (b) 2 recent surveys fielded roughly 10 years apart that provide a value for vasectomy prevalence.

  • c No figure for Taiwan’s GII is provided in this UN source.

  • Source: For vasectomy prevalence values, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.11 For GII country ranking, United Nations Development Programme.15